One Slain Two Hurt In Baltimore Tavern Gun Battle
In Baltimore a 20 year old Cleveland man Beauford Sanders was killed and two policemen were wounded after a gun battle in a tavern storeroom. Roger Wylie of Fostoria held for questioning. Officers James Scholl and Thomas Alford were injured and hospitalized. A car stolen in Indiana Pa and weapons were recovered. The tavern storeroom contained liquor and merchandise owned by Paul Cohen.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Beauford Sanders
Cleveland
Roger Wylie
Fostoria
James Scholl
Thomas Alford
Scholl
Alford
Anto
Indiana
Paul Cohen
Hit and Miss Rains Bring Mixed Hope to Texas
Fort Worth Tex. Hit and miss heavy rains over the past week spurred flash floods in parts of Texas while a federal soil expert says the drought remains unbroken in its fourth year. Louis P. Merrill of the U S Soil Conservation Service noted intermittent downpours provide immense help but only widespread rain will end the drought.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Louis P. Merrill
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Merrill
1000th Communist Plane Destroyed by Allied Sabres
Allied warplanes claimed destruction of their 1,000th Communist aircraft over the weekend in Korea. Capt Lonnie Moore of Fort Walton Florida, flying a Sabre, became a double ace with his 10th MIG jet. The tally rose to 1,008 Red planes destroyed as nine MIGs were downed and Red targets pounded. UN losses were 108 planes.
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Tokyop
Lonnie Moore
Fort Walton
Fla
Baby Smothered in Bed by Parents in Lonaconing
In Lonaconing Maryland Berbert Kr Staup Jr and his wife woke to feed their six month old son Herbert Jr who lay between them in bed. At 7 45 a m doctors ruled death accidental smothering with the infant found dead after arising at 6 00 a m.
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Lonaconing
Berbert KR. Staup Jr
Herbert Jr
Ike Picked Route Through Here For Return Home Sunday
President Eisenhower on Sunday evening drives from Camp David in Maryland to Washington with Mrs Eisenhower. Crowds in Thurmont shout hi Ike as the big black car passes. The caravan then follows a mixed route via Frederick back roads. Eisenhower fished two trout Saturday, kept in touch with Korea developments, and made no comment on armistice talks.
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Washington
Ike
Eisenhower
Thurmonton
White House
Secret Service
Maryland
Frederick
Camp David
Shangri-La
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Showers Dampen Heat as Frederick Sees 90s Return
Light showers and cloudiness cooled Frederick Sunday afternoon with temperatures drifting below 90 after a 100 degree Saturday record. Forecasters expect continued heat and fair skies Tuesday. Some areas, including Cumberland and Keyser, saw heavier rain and street flooding. The airport logged a 88 degree high Sunday with high humidity. last week peaked at 100 degrees. Next chance of showers remains after midweek. Fishing Creek reservoir still spilling slowly.
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Cumberland
Frederick
Keyser
W. Va
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Great Lakes
Fishing Creek
Soviet Union and Israel resume diplomatic ties
In Jerusalem the Soviet Union and Israel agreed to resume diplomatic relations, cut off February 12 after a bomb attack at the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv injured three people including the Soviet minister’s wife. In Washington the House committee voted to grant a hearing to J. B. Matthews, ousted from a Senate post for criticizing church influence.
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Jerusalem
Soviet Union
Israel
Tel Aviv
Matthews
Washington & the House
Un-American Activities Committee
J. B. Matthews
Senate Committee
Three injured in weekend area accidents
Three persons were injured in local accidents over the weekend including two children. Charles H. Simms, 18, of Route 3 Sykesville, suffered multiple injuries from a motorcycle crash on Route 27 near Taylorsville around midnight Saturday. Robert E. Fleagle, 3, fell from a car near Thurmont, sustaining head lacerations and burns. driver Franklin Fleagle of Thurmont is named in the report. Gary W. White, about two, of New Market, was treated and discharged after being struck on a private property incident east of Frederick. Magistrate Shoemaker fined a motorist $175 with 15 days suspended for DUI and leaving the scene after hitting a fixed object. A Baltimore driver escaped injury when his car tipped after being forced off the road near Ridgeville today.
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Charles H. Simms
Sykesville
Taylorsville
Simms
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mt. Airy
Samuel Dorsey
Robert E. Fleagle
Thurmont
H. J. Brown
Franklin Fleagle
Gary W. White
New Market
Frederick
H. Reese ‘Shoemaker
Virginia Parton
Shaw Road
John N. Shaw
Curtis
Baltimore
Ridgeville
i/c
Dorsey
Everett L. Gilbert
Linden Avenue
West Berlin expands food relief to East Berliners
West Berlin widened aid to hungry East Berliners despite Moscow’s refusal of $15 million in American aid. Thousands received food via curbside handouts and grocery coupons across two border districts, while East German officials rushed new supplies and kept tanks ready near Berlin. Purges hit Communist officials in East Germany and Azerbaijan as unrest from June 17 ripples through the bloc.
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East Berlin
Soviet Republic
Azerbaijan
Mir-Djalar -D Bagirov
Moscow Radio
Baltic
Rostock
Hengst
Weinberger
Fatally Stricken On Her Way Home
Mrs Kathleen Mary Green 57 of Carrolltown Pa died last night en route home from Cumberland after visiting a daughter in Sacred Heart Hospital In Corriganville she told her husband she did not feel well They reached Mt Savage where a doctor was called and she was dead The medical examiner said heart condition and complications caused death Survivors are her husband and a Cumberland patient daughter Mrs Willard Coy of LaVale
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MI. Savage
Kathleen Mary Green
Carrolltown
Cumberland
Sacred Heart Hospital
Corriganville
Senator Bridges Struck By Auto In Washington
Senator Styles H Bridges of New Hampshire was struck by a car at 4th and G Streets NW and taken to Emergency Hospital for X Ray exams. Officials said he did not appear seriously injured. The incident followed a White House meeting with President Eisenhower. Driver Melan W Marshall, 39, from South Calhoun Street, was identified. no charges were filed.
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Washington & Sen
Styles H. Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Senate
Appropriations Committee
4Th
G Streets
Aule
White House
Eisenhower
Ridgeville
Dorsey
Melan W. Marshall
South
Calhoun Street
Marshall
Two Marine Outposts Captured in Korean Front Fight
Survivors from the 1st Marine Division stagger back to Allied lines after heavy Red assault on outposts Berlin and East Berlin on the Western Front. Eight Marines from Berlin and six from East Berlin accounted for, with more believed alive in bunkers and trenches. Allied air power pounded front lines as 6,290 North Korean dead and 1,260 wounded were reported across the East Central Front.
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Seculp
East Berlin
Berlin
Outpost Berlin
No Man’s Land
Fifth Air Force
Kumsong
North Korea
8Th Army
East - Central
Smith Might Replace Dulles as Secretary of State
Rep Clarence Brown says he has heard a faint whisper that Secretary of State Dulles may be succeeded by Walter B. Smith, the undersecretary who previously led the Central Intelligence Agency. Brown disclosed the rumor in his weekly newsletter "With a Buckey in' Congress."
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Washington
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Dulles
Walter B. Smith
Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Brown
Buckey
Congress
Seven Violent State Deaths Reported In Maryland Weekend
At least seven violent deaths occurred in Maryland over the weekend including four drownings two car accidents and one electrocution. Names ages and locations identify victims from Baltimore City Baltimore County Kent Narrows Port Covington Route 206 Laurel Elk River and Elkton with driver Wallace Brock charged for reckless driving. Roanoke Red Sox quit Piedmont League after losses of 18400 in 1953.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Dorothy Patterson
Gunpowder River
Harewood Park
Frederick Kress
Baltimore
George Nisley
Bowley
John J. Hadrick
Queenstown
Kent Narrows
Aaron Jackson
Port Deposit
Clarence E. Frazier
Savage
Howard County
Washington - Baltimore
Laurel
Wallace Lee Brock
Frazier
Armistice talks near final Korea cease fire terms
Allied and Communist officers met in nine secret sessions to seal the Korean armistice. Talks included three U.S. armistice commission members visiting. a large hut for signing was constructed by the Reds. A potential signing within a week was hinted as the two sides aimed to end three years of fighting.
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Panmunjom
U. S
Military Armistice Commission
Red and Allied Commission
Reds
Navy
B. M. Coleman
McLean
U.S
550 Civilians To Be Laid Off By U. S. C. G.
The Coast Guard at Baltimore yards will lay off about 550 civilian employees August 15 due to budget reductions. Commanding Officer Capt Charles W. Thomas said most affected are temporary or hired since the Korean War. Permanent civilian staff around 1,600 will be maintained, with some officer strength reductions also expected.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Charles W. Thomas
Thomas
ROKs Will Be Alone If Truce Broken
Secret armistice notes outline assurances from the United Nations Command and North Korea that would leave the Republic of Korea Army to fight alone if the truce fails. The Communist delegation released ten assurances including ROK withdrawal from the buffer zone and UN limits on aid to ROK forces. The Reds said the quotes came from the official record to inform the world.
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Panmunjom
Republic of Korea
Milton Herr
U.N. Command
U.N
ROK
Roks
South Kore
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Reds
Mark W. Clark
Clark
One Day Special Session To Hear Three Cases
The February grand jury will meet Tuesday in Cir cuit Court and is expected to last one day. State's Attorney Charles A. Price says three main cases will be heard including the Libertytown bank robbers case from ten days ago. Also listed are a homicide involving a Furnace Ford tenant farmer, and a sex case with two Frederick county men and a 12 year old Pennsylvania girl. About 24 witnesses are summoned. other cases may wait for September grand jury or be addressed later.
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Charles A. Price
Price
Libertytown
Frederick County
Pennsylvania
Robbery at Frederick office prompts manhunt
A gunman held up the Liberty Finance Corporation at 238 North Market, took about 900 dollars, and vanished into the crowd as police and state troopers launched a citywide search. Witness manager George Collins said the robber waved a pistol and left with a shopping bag. The suspect is described as white, about 30, 5 feet 7 inches, 150 pounds, wearing light grey or white cap, sunglasses, grey pants and a green shirt. Police blocked exits and mounted roadblocks as the search extended beyond Frederick.
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Frederick Joan
George Collins
Liberty Finance Corporation
North Market Street
Frederick City
Rober
Frederick County
Libertytown
Frederick
Collins
Market Street
Magnolia Avenue
Audubon
N. J
A. Norman Dietz
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